U.S. patent number 7,058,686 [Application Number 09/735,532] was granted by the patent office on 2006-06-06 for method of sending and receiving personal information by using mobile terminal.
This patent grant is currently assigned to LG Electronics Inc.. Invention is credited to Chae Hee Jin.
United States Patent |
7,058,686 |
Jin |
June 6, 2006 |
Method of sending and receiving personal information by using
mobile terminal
Abstract
A system for sending and receiving personal information using a
mobile terminal is disclosed. In the present invention, a personal
information is sent using a short message service with an attached
identification information. Accordingly, when the short message is
received by a receiving mobile terminal, the attached
identification information allows the receiving mobile terminal to
distinguish and process the short message for personal information
differently from other general short messages.
Inventors: |
Jin; Chae Hee (Inchon-shi,
KR) |
Assignee: |
LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul,
KR)
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Family
ID: |
37011686 |
Appl.
No.: |
09/735,532 |
Filed: |
December 14, 2000 |
Prior Publication Data
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Document
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Publication Date |
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US 20020084888 A1 |
Jul 4, 2002 |
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Foreign Application Priority Data
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Dec 14, 1999 [KR] |
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1999-57564 |
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Current U.S.
Class: |
709/206; 709/205;
455/466 |
Current CPC
Class: |
H04M
1/72436 (20210101); H04M 1/2757 (20200101); H04W
4/14 (20130101) |
Current International
Class: |
G06F
15/16 (20060101); H04Q 7/20 (20060101) |
Field of
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;709/205,206
;455/458,466,575.1 ;345/179 ;379/433.67 |
References Cited
[Referenced By]
U.S. Patent Documents
Foreign Patent Documents
Primary Examiner: Wiley; David
Assistant Examiner: Delgado; Michael
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Fleshner & Kim, LLP
Claims
What is claimed is:
1. A method of sending personal information using a mobile
terminal, comprising: displaying a first window which provides a
personal information setting mode selection and a personal
information transmission mode selection; displaying a second window
for entry of personal information data to be transmitted when the
personal information setting mode is selected; re-displaying the
first window to provide the personal information setting mode and
the personal information transmission mode selections after the
personal information data is entered and prior to transmission of
the personal information data; displaying a third window for entry
of a phone number corresponding to a receiving mobile terminal to
receive the personal information data when the personal information
transmission mode is selected; inputting the phone number
corresponding to a receiving mobile terminal to receive the
personal information data; inserting identification information
distinguishing the personal information data from other types of
data into a user data field of a short message; and transmitting
the personal information data to said receiving mobile terminal
using a Short Message Service (SMS) with the identification
information.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the personal information data is
at least one of a name, a phone number, an address, a business
name, an email address and a facsimile number.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the personal information data
input for transmission is personal information data stored in
advance.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein inputting the phone number
comprises inputting the phone number automatically using a phone
number list stored in the sending mobile terminal.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein inserting the identification
information comprises inserting the identification information into
a first portion of the user data field for short messages.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting the personal
information data to said receiving mobile terminal comprises:
receiving a command to transmit the personal information data
through a key pad of the sending mobile terminal; generating the
personal information data as the short message if a command to
transmit the personal information is received; and transmitting the
short message.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein transmitting the short message
comprises: transmitting the short message to a mobile switching
station through a BSC; transmitting the short message from the MSC
to an SMS center connected to the mobile switching center;
obtaining, at the SMS center, location information of the receiving
mobile terminal using a home network location register of the
sending mobile terminal; transmitting the short message to a
receiving mobile switching center connected to a serving BSC of the
receiving mobile terminal according to the location information of
the receiving mobile terminal; and transmitting the short message
to the receiving mobile terminal through the serving BSC.
8. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying a message
indicating a completion of the personal information transmission
when the personal information is transmitted.
9. A method of receiving personal information using a mobile
terminal comprising: determining at a receiving mobile terminal if
a received short message is for personal information data
transmission by checking whether the received short message has
identification information distinguishing the personal information
data from other types of data in a user data field of the short
message; displaying the received short message on the receiving
mobile terminal and determining whether to store the received short
message based upon a user input, if the received short message is
for personal information data transmission; and storing the
received short message if the user input indicates storing the
received short message, wherein displaying the received short
message further comprises generating a tone to indicate receipt of
the received short message using one of either a speaker or a
buzzer when the received short message is displayed, and wherein
storing the received short message further comprises storing the
received short message in a telephone number list of the receiving
mobile terminal.
10. A system of sending and receiving personal information using
mobile terminals comprising: providing for selection between a
personal information setting mode and a personal information
transmission mode; again providing for selection between the
personal information setting mode and the personal information
transmission mode after personal information data has been entered
and prior to transmission of the personal information data;
providing for entry of a phone number corresponding to a receiving
mobile terminal to receive the personal information data when the
personal information transmission mode is selected; inputting the
phone number corresponding to a receiving mobile terminal to
receive the personal information data; transmitting the personal
information data to said receiving mobile terminal as a short
message with an identification information; determining at the
receiving mobile terminal if the short message is for personal
information data transmission by reading the identification
information from a user data field of a received short message;
displaying the short message on the receiving mobile terminal and
determining whether to store the short message based upon a user
input, if the short message is for personal information data
transmission; and storing the short message if the user input
indicates storing the short message.
11. The system of claim 10, wherein the identification information
is read from a first portion of the user data field for short
messages.
12. The system of claim 10, wherein transmitting the personal
information data to said receiving mobile terminal comprises:
receiving a command to transmit the short message through a key pad
of the sending mobile terminal; generating the personal information
data as the short message if the command to transmit the short
message is received; and transmitting the short message.
13. The system of claim 12, wherein transmitting the short message
comprises: transmitting the short message to a mobile switching
station through a BSC; transmitting the short message from the MSC
to an SMS center connected to the mobile switching center;
obtaining, at the SMS center, location information of the receiving
mobile terminal using a home network location register of the
sending mobile terminal; transmitting the short message to a
receiving mobile switching center connected to a serving BSC of the
receiving mobile terminal according to the location information of
the receiving mobile terminal; and transmitting the short message
to the receiving mobile terminal through the serving BSC.
14. The system of claim 10, further comprising displaying a message
indicating a completion of the personal information transmission
when the personal information is transmitted.
15. The system of claim 10, wherein determining if the received
short message is for personal information is performed by checking
whether the received short message has the identification
information.
16. The system of claim 10, wherein in storing the short message,
storing the received short message in a telephone number list of
the receiving mobile terminal.
17. The method of claim 1, wherein the user data field comprises:
an encoding field indicating a coding type of the short message; a
message type field indicating a type of the short message; and a
Chari field including the identification information.
18. The method of claim 9, wherein the user data field comprises:
an encoding field indicating a coding type of the short message; a
message type field indicating a type of the short message; and a
Chari field including the identification information.
19. The system of claim 10, wherein the user data field comprises:
an encoding field indicating a coding type of the short message; a
message type field indicating a type of the short message; and a
Chari field including the identification information.
20. The method of claim 17, wherein the user data field further
comprises: a subparameter ID field for a subparameter identifier; a
subparameter length field indicating a length of the short message
other than the subparameter ID field; a Num_field indicating a
character length Num_field by which value the data of the Chari
field is repeated; and a reserved field.
21. The method of claim 18, wherein the user data field further
comprises: a subparameter ID field for a subparameter identifier; a
subparameter length field indicating a length of the short message
other than the subparameter ID field; a Num_field indicating a
character length Num_field by which value the data of the Chari
field is repeated; and a reserved field.
22. The system of claim 19, wherein the user data field further
comprises: a subparameter ID field for a subparameter identifier; a
subparameter length field indicating a length of the short message
other than the subparameter ID field; a Num_field indicating a
character length Num_field by which value the data of the Chari
field is repeated; and a reserved field.
23. A system for sending and receiving personal information using
mobile terminals, comprising: means for providing a first window
for selection between a personal information setting mode and a
personal information transmission mode; means for providing a
second window for entry of personal information data to be
transmitted when the personal information setting mode is selected;
means for again providing the first window for selection between a
personal information setting mode and a personal information
transmission mode after personal information data has been entered
and prior to transmission of the personal information data; means
for providing a third window for entry of a phone number
corresponding to a receiving mobile terminal to receive the
personal information data when the personal information
transmission mode is selected; means for inputting the phone number
corresponding to a receiving mobile terminal to receive the
personal information data; means for transmitting the personal
information data to said receiving mobile terminal as a short
message with an identification information; means for determining
at the receiving mobile terminal if the short message is for
personal information data transmission by reading the
identification information from a user data field of a received
short message; means for displaying the short message on the
receiving mobile terminal and determining whether to store the
short message based upon a user input, if the short message is for
personal information data transmission; and means for storing the
short message if the user input indicates storing the short
message.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a mobile terminal, and in particular, to a
method of sending and receiving information using a mobile
terminal.
2. Discussion of the Related Art
A mobile telecommunication system generally comprises mobile
terminals, a base transceiver station (BTS), a base station
controller (BSC), and mobile switching centers (MSC). The BTS
converts the signal format between the mobile terminals and the BTS
for wire and wireless link. The BSC connects each component of the
BTS to a cell operator, manages the BTS operation, manages service
status of hardwares and softwares in the BTS, allocates resources
related to call traffic, collects information for the BTS
operation, and monitors sub-devices related to monitoring and
anchoring of the BTS. The MSC is the connection point for the BSC
management and for user traffic between a mobile telecommunication
network and a wire telephone network or between two BTSs of the
same mobile telecommunication system.
Recently, mobile telephones can be used to receive AM or FM radio
broadcastings or to store and playback MP3 music downloaded in
audio file formats from the internet. In addition, mobile
telephones can be used for phone number storage, schedule
management, and personal information management. Moreover, the
latest models allow more items to be input and stored to allow
management of more information.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the internal structure of a
mobile terminal in the related art. Referring to FIG. 1, a typical
mobile terminal includes a Radio Frequency/Intermediate Frequency
(RF/IF) processing unit 100 for receiving and converting the
frequency of RF signals to downlink signals; a
modulator/demodulator (M/DM)101 for demodulating the converted RF
signals from the RF/IF processing unit 100 or for modulating input
digital voice signals; a data compression unit 102 for compressing
the input digital voice signals; a Coder/Decoder (CODEC) 105 for
converting the digital signals received by the RF/IF processing
unit 100 into voice signals or for converting voice signals input
through a microphone 111 into digital signals; and a DTMF generator
104 for generating Dual Tone Multi Frequency (DTMF) produced when a
key button is entered.
The mobile terminal of FIG. 1 further includes a main processor 103
for executing call processing protocol to control the overall
system of the mobile terminal and to connect a call; an audio
amplifier 106 for amplifying analogue signals input from the CODEC
105 or microphone 111; a speaker 110; a liquid cell display window
107 for outputting the states of the mobile terminal; a memory 108
for storing variables used in programs and in the main processor
103, and storing information such as phone numbers; and a key pad
109 for receiving user inputs.
The operations of the mobile terminal in sending or receiving voice
data is as follows. When sending voice data, a user inputs a voice
signal after manipulating the mobile terminal to connect a call
with another user terminal. The microphone 111 converts the input
voice signal into an electrical signal and transmits the electrical
signal to the CODEC 105. The CODEC 105 samples and converts the
analog voice signal transmitted electrically from the microphone
111 to a Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) signal and transmits the PCM
signal to the data compression unit 102. The data compression unit
102 then compresses the PCM signal transmitted from the CODEC
105.
Thereafter, the main processor 103 executes spreading of the
compressed PCM signal by multiplication with a Pseudo Noise (PN)
code, and the M/DM 101 modulates the spread PCM signal for radio
transmission. The RF/IF processing unit 100 converts the modulated
voice signal output by the M/DM 101 from an intermediate frequency
to a radio frequency and transmits the converted signal through an
antenna.
The receiving operation is a reverse of the sending operation and a
detailed explanation will be omitted. Briefly, a radio signal is
received through the antenna, converted to an intermediate
frequency by the RF/IF processing unit 100, demodulated by the M/DM
101, despread by the main processor 103, expanded and converted
into a voice signal to be output through the speaker 110.
In sending/receiving personal information using a mobile terminal
described as above, there have been problems. First, if a mobile
terminal user wishes to send personal information to another mobile
terminal during a call to the another mobile terminal, the mobile
terminal user must send the personal information by voice through a
speech channel. Similarly, when receiving personal information
during a call, a mobile terminal user must make note of the
personal information received by voice, and then manually input and
store the information in the mobile terminal after terminating the
call. Also, if a business card is exchanged, a mobile terminal user
who receives the personal information on the business card must
manually input and store the personal information in the mobile
terminal, causing inconvenience.
Second, a message including personal information can be
sent/received by a short message service. However, the receiving
mobile terminal recognizes such personal message as merely a short
message and therefore, a user of the receiving mobile terminal must
manually confirm and store the received personal information in the
phone number list of the mobile terminal. For example, if the SMS
includes a name "John" and phone number "019-123-4567," the user
must confirm receipt and manually input each character J,o,h,n and
numbers 0,1,9,1,2,3,4,5,6,7 into the phone number list of the
mobile terminal. When such personal information is sent to a
numberous number of mobile terminals, each user of the receiving
mobile terminal must store the received personal information,
causing great inconvenience.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to solve at
least the problems and disadvantages of the related art.
Particularly, an object of the present invention is to provide a
more efficient method of sending and/or receiving personal
information through mobile terminals.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a more
efficient method of sending/receiving personal information through
mobile terminals using a short message service.
A further object of the present invention is to provide a method of
quickly sending/receiving personal information through mobile
terminals using a short message service by attaching an
extension.
Additional advantages, objects, and features of the invention will
be set forth in part in the description which follows and in part
will become apparent to those having ordinary skill in the art upon
examination of the following or may be learned from practice of the
invention. The objects and advantages of the invention may be
realized and attained as particularly pointed out in the appended
claims.
To achieve the objects and in accordance with the purposes of the
invention, as embodied and broadly described herein, a method of
sending personal information through a mobile terminal comprises
(a) setting the mobile terminal to a personal information sending
mode; (b) inputting personal information data for transmission; (c)
inputting phone number(s) of receiving mobile terminal(s) for
receiving the personal information data; and (d) sending the input
personal information data to the receiving mobile terminal(s) using
a Short Message Service (SMS).
A method of receiving personal information through a mobile
terminal according to the present invention comprises (a) detecting
if a received short message has a personal information data
transmission; (b) selecting whether to store the received short
message when the short message is for personal information data
transmission; and (c) storing the received short message according
to the result of the selection in (b).
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING
The invention will be described in detail with reference to the
following drawings in which like reference numerals refer to like
elements wherein:
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a mobile terminal in the related
art;
FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a personal information sending method
using a mobile terminal according to the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a personal information receiving method
using a mobile terminal according to the present invention;
FIGS. 4A.about.4F show characters displayed in a liquid crystal
display window of a mobile terminal in personal information sending
mode using a mobile terminal in accordance with the present
invention;
FIG. 5 shows characters displayed in a liquid crystal display
window of a mobile terminal in personal information receiving mode
using a mobile terminal in accordance with the present invention;
and
FIG. 6 shows a user data field of a short message according to the
present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Reference will now be made in detail to the present invention,
examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Generally, the present system allows sending/receiving personal
information through a mobile terminal. The personal information may
be information such as the mobile terminal user's name, telephone
number, home address, business, business address, and email
address. In the present invention, a mobile terminal inputs
identification information of the user into a short message and
sends it to a receiving terminal by a short message service.
Such system of sending/receiving personal information through a
mobile terminal can be divided into two procedures. Namely, a first
procedure or method for sending personal information includes
inputting the personal information into a mobile terminal and
transmitting the personal information to a receiving mobile
terminal. The second procedure or method is for receiving personal
information. The personal information transmitting and receiving
procedures will be described in detail below.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a personal information sending method
using a mobile terminal according to the present invention.
Referring to FIG. 2, a mobile terminal user first manipulates menu
button(s) on the mobile terminal to set the mode of the mobile
terminal to a personal information transmission mode (S200). In the
personal transmission mode, the user inputs user's personal
information to be transmitted to a receiving mobile terminal
(S201). Here, the user may input personal information including but
not limited to user name, home phone number, mobile terminal
number, home address, business address, and email address.
Alternatively, the personal information can be stored in advance in
the mobile terminal and read when necessary for transmission.
Subsequently, the user inputs the phone number of the receiving
mobile terminal to which the user wants to transmit the personal
information (S202). Here, the user can either input the phone
number manually or automatically from a phone number list stored in
the mobile terminal. Finally, the mobile terminal transmits the
personal information of the user to the receiving mobile terminal
when the user enters a command, for example, by pushing a send
button (S203).
In the above procedure, the mobile terminal generates the personal
information of the user into a short message and transmits the
personal information according to a procedure for SMS. However, an
additional identification information is inserted into the short
message for personal information transmission. The additional
identification information differentiates the short message for
personal information transmission from other short messages.
Therefore, receiving mobile terminal(s) can distinguish the use of
short messages according to the identification information.
Although the identification information can be inserted into any
available data field for the short message, the first portion of
the user data field for short messages preferably includes a
personal information identifier field "//piid" into which the
identification information is inserted.
The personal information receiving procedures will next be
described. FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a personal information
receiving method using a mobile terminal according to the present
invention.
Referring to FIG. 3, upon receiving a short message (S300), a
receiving mobile terminal first determines if the received short
message is for personal information transmission (S301). Namely,
the receiving mobile terminal determines whether the short message
is for personal information transmission by checking if the short
message has an "//piid" field, i.e. the identification
information.
If the received short message is for personal information
transmission, the receiving mobile terminal displays the received
short message on the liquid crystal display window. Here, the
mobile terminal can display the received short message and also
generate a tone to indicate the receipt of a short message using a
speaker or a buzzer. Thereafter, the user of the receiving mobile
terminal can determine whether to store the message displayed on
the liquid crystal display window (S302). When the user enters a
command to save the short message, for example, by pushing a `save`
button on the key pad of the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal
automatically stores the personal information transmitted by the
short message into a storage unit for storing telephone number list
(S303). However, if the user decides not to store the received
short message, the user can either do nothing or enter a command
such as pushing a `cancel` or `delete` button to cancel the
received short message, depending upon the model of the receiving
mobile terminal.
If the received short message is not for personal information
transmission, the mobile terminal processes the received short
message according to the procedure for processing a general short
messages (S304).
The SMS is an additional service which allows transmission of
information related to various available services or information on
daily life, by text, through the liquid crystal display window of
mobile terminals. Using the SMS in connection with tools of a Code
Division Multiple Access (CDMA) system network such as a MSC, home
network location register (HLR), voice mail system/fax mail system
(VMS/FMS), interactive voice response (IVR), and short message
entity (SME), a mobile telecommunication subscriber or user can
send/receive short messages in text form.
Particularly, when transmitting a short message using the CDMA
network, the short message is transmitted from a mobile terminal to
a MSC through a base station which includes a BTS and a BSC. The
MSC transmits the short message to an SMS center and the SMS center
stores the transmitted short message to a database connected to the
SMS center. The SMS center then attempts to transmit the short
message to a receiving MSC connected with a receiving base station
which serves a receiving mobile terminal. Here, the receiving
mobile terminal is located using the HLR of the mobile station.
Thus, the SMS center transmits the short message to the receiving
base station through the receiving MSC, and the receiving base
station transmits the short message to the receiving mobile
terminal. Subsequently, the SMS center reports the result of the
short message transmission to the sending mobile terminal which
sent the short message. In the above process, the short message can
be transmitted to the receiving mobile terminal through an access
channel or a paging channel as well as a traffic channel.
FIGS. 4A.about.4F show text displayed in a liquid crystal display
window of a mobile terminal in personal information transmission
mode in accordance to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4A,
when a user manipulates the menu of the mobile terminal and selects
the personal information menu, the liquid crystal display window
displays menu items such as "1. Personal Information Setting Menu"
by which personal information can be set and "2. Personal
Information Transmission Menu" by which personal information can be
transmitted. If the user selects the menu item to set personal
information, the liquid crystal display window of the mobile
terminal will display text related to the personal information.
Namely, as shown in FIG. 4B, "Personal Information Name Setting"
mode can be displayed, by which a name can be entered. Here, other
items not shown in the figures can also be made to be displayed
such as "Personal Information Address" mode by which address(es)
of, for example, business, home and email can be entered; "Personal
Information Telephone Number" mode by which phone number(s) of, for
example, business, home, mobile terminal such as PCS, DCN,
facsimile can be entered; and "Business Name" mode by which
business name can be entered.
Upon entering a name, the user can set and store the name by
entering an appropriate command. In the example illustrated by FIG.
4A, the command is a "confirm" icon displayed on the liquid crystal
display window. Subsequently, the user may input a command to set
other information. In the above example, the command is a "next"
icon displayed on the liquid crystal display window. Although the
example allows the user to enter commands through the display, the
commands may be entered through other methods such as menu keys on
the mobile terminal.
If the user inputs a command to set other information, a "Personal
Telephone Number Setting" mode, by which the phone number can be
entered, may next be displayed as shown in FIG. 4C. As in the name
setting, the telephone number can be set and stored by entering the
appropriate commands. Upon setting the phone number, other menu
items may be displayed and set. When the last menu item is
displayed and/or set, the "1. Personal Information Setting" mode is
complete and the liquid crystal display window of the mobile
terminal displays again the menu items in a previous level, i.e.
"1. Personal Information Setting" mode and "2. Personal Information
Transmission" mode as shown in FIG. 4D.
If the user selects the menu item to transmit a personal
information, i.e. "2. Personal Information Transmission" mode, the
liquid crystal display window of the mobile terminal would display
text related to transmission of the personal information such as
"Receiver Number Input" mode as shown in FIG. 4E, by which a phone
number of receiving mobile terminal(s) can be entered. Accordingly,
after the user inputs the telephone number of a receiving mobile
terminal and enters a command to send the personal information by,
for example, pushing "Send (or Speak)" button of the keypad of the
mobile terminal, the liquid crystal display window of the mobile
terminal displays a text as shown in FIG. 4F indicating that the
transmission of the personal information is complete.
In the above transmission, the personal information may be sent
using the SMS as described above. Namely, a "personal information
identifier" is inserted or attached to the first portion of the
user data field for SMS service, thereby distinguishing a SMS for
personal information transmission from other general SMS messages.
The SMS data field will later be explained in more detail with
reference to FIG. 6 below.
FIG. 5 shows text displayed on a liquid crystal display window of a
mobile terminal in personal information receiving mode in
accordance to the present invention.
Particularly, a mobile terminal corresponding to the phone number
shown in FIG. 4E receives a short message including the personal
information transmitted from the sending mobile terminal according
to the procedure described with reference to FIGS. 4A.about.4F.
Here, the receiving mobile terminal which receives the short
message determines if the short message has a "personal information
identifier." If the short message has the "personal information
identifier," the liquid crystal window of the receiving mobile
terminal displays a receipt of the personal information and
inquires if the user wishes to store the personal information.
Here, the user may also be notified of the arrival of the short
message through the speaker or buzzer of the receiving mobile
terminal.
Upon receiving the short message including the personal
information, if the user enters a command to store the personal
information by, for example, pushing a "Save" key on the receiving
mobile terminal, the received data is automatically added and
stored into the telephone number list of the mobile terminal. On
the other hand, if a command not to store the personal information
is entered by, for example, pushing a "Cancel" key on the receiving
mobile terminal, the received short message is deleted without
storage.
FIG. 6 shows a user data field for a short message according to the
present invention. The present user data field for a short message
includes a subparameter_ID field 500 which is a subparameter
identifier; a subparameter_len field 501 which indicates the length
information of the short message other than the subparameter_ID
field 500 and the subparameter_len field 501; a MSG_encoding field
502 which represents a coding type of the short message; a MST
field 503 which indicates the type of the message such as
broadcasting, point-to-point, or voice mail; a Num_field 504 which
represents the character length Num_field by which value the data
of Chari 505 is repeated. The Chari 505 is a user data field for
SMS into which the "//piid" field can be inserted to distinguish a
SMS for personal information transmission from other general short
messages. For example, personal information may be inserted into
Chari 505 in the form of "//piid name telephone number." Finally,
the last field is a reserved field 506.
As described above, the method of sending and receiving the
personal information using the mobile terminal in accordance to the
present invention enables users to conveniently send personal
information to other mobile terminal(s) or receive information from
other mobile terminal(s). For example, business cards are exchanged
during a business meeting and may be stored in the mobile terminal
by hand. However, the present invention allows an exchange of such
personal information conveniently by an on-line transmission and
automatic storage of the personal information. Furthermore,
variable information can also be stored in the mobile terminal when
a mobile terminal is used for public activities during
business.
The foregoing embodiments are merely exemplary and are not to be
construed as limiting the present invention. The present teachings
can be readily applied to other types of apparatuses. The
description of the present invention is intended to be
illustrative, and not to limit the scope of the claims. Many
alternatives, modifications, and variations will be apparent to
those skilled in the art.
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